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Demonstrative Determiners

Singular

Plural

Translation

Masculine

Feminine

Masculine

Feminine

este

esta

estos

estas

this, these

ese

esa

esos

esas

that, those

aquel

aquella

aquellos

aquellas

that, those (far in distance or time)

Forms

Demonstrative determiners,also called demonstrative adjectives, are used to point out things or people. Like all adjectives and determiners, they agree in number and gender with the noun they introduce.

Uses

Demonstrative determiners can designate something close, este,far away, ese, or even further aquel. These determiners can be used to indicate distance both in space, as in the first example este país, and in time, as in the third example aquellos años.